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Spirit Airlines EWR to DFW on-time performance

Spirit Airlines nonstop flights from Newark to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.7%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
78 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 79% on time

Key facts

  • Spirit Airlines flights on EWR to DFW arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.7% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (39%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 80.8% on time, 3.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 86.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 53.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 67.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 76.9% on time, 16.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 64.0% on time, 10.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 55.2% on time, 6.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 68.2% on time, 4.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion39%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
  • Late-arriving aircraft27%
  • Security0%
  • Extreme weather0%

Other airlines on EWR to DFW

Full EWR to DFW comparison →
Spirit Airlines on-time record across all routes →

258 Spirit Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 cancelled, 0 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.